Medical electives: exploring the determinants of placement and access variables between 2010 and 2016 at the University of Auckland

Table 2 Summary of University of Auckland medical programme elective placements for 1101 students according to route of entry, 2010–2016

Variable	Category	General N = 748 (67%)	MAPAS N = 212 (19.3%)	RRAS N = 141 (3.8%)	Total N (%)	P-value^a
Placement location	New Zealand	124 (17.0)	59 (28.1)	34 (24.6)	217 (19.7)
Placement location	Overseas	606 (83.0)	151 (71.9)	104 (75.4)	861 (78.2)	0.001
Income level of placement country^b	Low, Lower-Middle or upper-middle income country (LMIC)	276 (46.7)	76 (55.5)	53 (53.5)	405 (47.0)
	High Income Country (HIC)	315 (53.3)	61 (44.5)	46 (46.5)	422 (49.0)	0.11
	Missing				34 (4.0)

^aP-value from chi-square test for differences between each variable and route of entry (excluding missing values)
^bOnly applies to those taking an overseas placement

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